During these hot summer days, I’m feverishly working on new
designs, and I’m excited to share my latest obsession: blue. I came across
these lapis lazuli and Azurite and—given my recent passion for vibrant colors and my
lifelong love of the ocean—of
course, I had to have them. I am in love with the intensity of the lapis and the
eccentricity of the marble effect of the Azurite.
I’ll be using the beads to create a bracelet, and the Azurite to both set in this ring, and to mix with lapis throughout the collection. I can’t wait to bring these jewels to life and will share them here as soon as they are finished.
Lapis is an ancient stone and I’ve heard that, according to
mythology, it is associated with healing people who were sad or depressed. Given
how happy these stones have made me, I’d have to agree!
